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'''''senya''''' also appears in the chapter ''[[The Disaster of the Gladden Fields]]'', although unglossed.<ref>{{UT|Gladden}}</ref> [[Tolkien fandom|Fans]] have suggested that it could mean "my son".<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://universityofarda.tumblr.com/post/60456499601/zeroatthebone-kaywinnet-hey-tolkien|articlename=(Untitled page)|dated=6 September 2013|website=[http://universityofarda.tumblr.com/ University of Arda]|accessed=10 July 2015}}</ref> | '''''senya''''' also appears in the chapter ''[[The Disaster of the Gladden Fields]]'', although unglossed.<ref>{{UT|Gladden}}</ref> [[Tolkien fandom|Fans]] have suggested that it could mean "my son", which seems likely in this case, as it is spoken by Isildur in response to his som's use of the word ''''atarinya'''', or "my father".<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://universityofarda.tumblr.com/post/60456499601/zeroatthebone-kaywinnet-hey-tolkien|articlename=(Untitled page)|dated=6 September 2013|website=[http://universityofarda.tumblr.com/ University of Arda]|accessed=10 July 2015}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 00:11, 11 July 2015
senya or senwa in Quenya means "usual".[1]
Etymology
The etymology of senya/senwa is unknown. Patrick H. Wynne has suggested that it contains the verbal stem sen "let loose, free, let go".[1]
See also
Other versions of the legendarium
senya also appears in the chapter The Disaster of the Gladden Fields, although unglossed.[2] Fans have suggested that it could mean "my son", which seems likely in this case, as it is spoken by Isildur in response to his som's use of the word 'atarinya', or "my father".[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, pp. 5, 22
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"
- ↑ "(Untitled page)" dated 6 September 2013, University of Arda (accessed 10 July 2015)
